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... of the fortress as this was the hottest part of the day.Our next stop was just outside the walls of the 'old city'. We left the bus and walked toward the main church in the old part of the city. Again we were accosted by many sellers, some of whom had some interesting things to look at, if they were not so aggressive, and if we had more time.... We continued into the Church of Peter Claver. Again, it was a beautiful church, and dedicated to the ...

... We went to same shop I got slushy from and got ice cream - it didn't look very appetising but I was really good. I had a whole cupful for only one dollar! Was mixture of passion fruit and some other fruit we both recognised the taste of but couldn't figure out what it was. We walked to main square and decided to get a horse and cart around the old town. It was meant to be for 25 minutes but was only about 19 but it was fun. I kept making blurry ...

... walk around the huge wall surrounding the Old City (as it's called). It's a Unesco world heritage site. The wall was built around the city to protect it from pirates and storms. You can walk around the top of the wall (mostly), in a few places the wall has been destroyed. The city looks incredible at night when all of the old buildings within are lit up. I started walking and got harassed by the usual street vendors trying to sell souvenirs. It was scorching hot ...

... fraudulent activity on my debit card in a shrimp restaurant in São Paulo, only a couple of hundred quid across several transactions a few days before but annoying as I'd only been using my card at cash machines in both brazil and Colombia. I knew the bank would need to cancel it so i went and made several withdrawals at an awkward touch screen cash machine and then put in a call to nationwide. Card cancelled, a cash reserve in place and a huge hope that my reserve card was ...

... was able to demonstrate her fluency in Spanish, which caused much laughter and mimicry from the two local women. I also avoided the 'shower' but later we learnt that the women were not shy about touching gringos and had whipped off another girl's bikini top without warning and also ensured that another blokes downstairs area was spic-and-span. The locals obviously didn't mean to offend, they just wanted to do a thorough job and ...